Thread: Running Wiring through Existing Water Distribution Pipes

When fiber optics was just coming in, I recall some of the oil transport companies used their existing infrastructure to run fiber from one geographic area to another. The fiber was run through their oil pipe distribution system. Apparently this practice is not used with irrigation systems.

In my case I would like to add a zone for a landscape plant area. My existing piping to a turf area is ideally located. By adding electric valves, one for the new landscape area and one for the turf area, there is very little new piping that needs to be added. If I were to run the wiring inside the existing water pipe, I would need to do almost no digging.

Didn't know these existed and they look like an excellent application to add to existing installed electric valve.

In my case, I am chucking an indexing valve located near the controller. I want to use the existing pipe in the ground to control the existing sprays and to add a separate landscape plant area. So I want to install two co-located valves out in the yard using the existing pipe. I was looking for an easy way to run the 30 feet of wire - inside the existing pipe sounded easier than digging.

When fiber optics was just coming in, I recall some of the oil transport companies used their existing infrastructure to run fiber from one geographic area to another. The fiber was run through their oil pipe distribution system. Apparently this practice is not used with irrigation systems.

In my case I would like to add a zone for a landscape plant area. My existing piping to a turf area is ideally located. By adding electric valves, one for the new landscape area and one for the turf area, there is very little new piping that needs to be added. If I were to run the wiring inside the existing water pipe, I would need to do almost no digging.

I am just curious why this is never done.

use the pipe, all of the expansion devices are last ditch saviours.

using pvc for LV conduit is better than using expanders, you may be long gone when someone has to work on the system, a pit on one end of the pipe will allow maintenance access.